"There are perhaps no days of our childhood we lived so fully as those we spent with a favourite book."
— Marcel Proust
Literature
Peter Pan and Wendy.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d., [c.1930]. ILLUSTRATED EDITION. Published for Boots Pure Drug Co. Quarto (25 x 20cm), pp. 272. With twenty-one full-page colour illustrations and many more in-text or to margins. Blue cloth pictorially blocked in black and gilt, illustrated dust-wrapper. Book is near fine, with a little sunning..... More
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. From The Little White Bird.
London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1912. 'BEST EDITION' OF PETER PAN. Quarto, pp.6; 127. Bound in publisher's gilt decorated green cloth featuring four birds at head of board, and children linking arms at lower end of board. Author/illustrator/title blocked in gilt to front board and spine, additional tooling to spine..... More
The Admirable Crichton. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. [c.1914]. FIRST HUGH THOMSON EDITION. Quarto (27 x 21cm), with twenty mounted colour plates and captioned tissues. Publisher's pale green cloth blocked in dark green and red to upper, gilt to spine. Contents are a little foxed, binding lightly handled, one neat/accidental pull to crown..... More
A Kind Of Loving
London: Michael Joseph, 1960. [Romantic Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp. 286; [ii], blank. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, dust-jacket designed by Adrian Bailey with printed price of 16s. Internally clean and bright, minor toning to edges of textblock, small mark to lower board pastedown..... More
Blue of Noon.
London: Marion Boyars, 1979. FIRST UK EDITION. Octavo (22 x 14cm), pp.155; [1]. Publisher's black cloth, gilt titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket designed by Michael Werner. Some soiling to boards, corners and spine ends a little bumped. Dust-jacket shows well with just some creasing to the top edge and some..... More
Materials for the Study of Variation Treated with Especial Regard to Discontinuity in the Origin of Species.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. [Genetics and Heredity] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.xvi; 598 [2]. Illustrated throughout with tables and small diagrams. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed; dark green endpapers. Neatly re-cased with repairs to hinges. Ex libris stamp of Rud Martin..... More
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Pennyroyal Press Edition.
Berkley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1986. [Children's Illustrated]. FIRST TRADE MOSER ILLUSTRATED EDITION, following the limited edition. Square octavo (24 x 24cm), pp.[14] 268 [6]. Lavishly illustrated throughout with wood engravings by Barry Moser. Publisher's quarter black leather-effect spine with green titles to spine and grey..... More
Helene. Translated into English by Felice Bashford.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1932. First Edition. 8vo. Publisher's blue cloth boards printed in dark blue to spine; edges a little foxed. In its original light blue dust jacket printed in red and black, creased and rubbed to extremities; spine faded but black and red lettering still vivid. A sound copy..... More
The Lennon Play: In His Own Write.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1968. [Sixties Culture] FIRST EDITION. Small octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.35; [3], blank. Publisher's textured purple covers in a pictorial dust-wrapper, priced at 16s. A superb, fine copy. Book Collector No.287 (p32-62) 'The Sixties'. More
Marion Leslie.
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. First Edition. 3 vols. Octavo. Bound in green cloth, with blind embossed panelling to front and rear boards, and gilt titles and decorative motif to spine. All three volumes remain vibrant, with some darkening to spines, bumping to corners and some slight rubbing. Some spotting..... More
The Mutineer. A Romance of Pitcairn Island.
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. [Nautical Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.viii; 298; [14]. Publisher's green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Illustrated bookplate of Charles MacA. Willcox to front pastedown, tape burn to endpapers. Lightly browned throughout. Cloth rubbed to extremities, slightly..... More
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En Attendant Godot [Waiting For Godot].
Paris: Les Editions De Minuit, 1952. [Drama] FIRST TRADE EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.163; [1], blank; [1], note; [3], blank. White card covers printed in black and blue, advertisements for 'Malloy' and 'Malone Meurt' to rear cover, with photo of the author. Title and rear leaves unopened (uncut edges)..... More
Whoroscope.
Paris: The Hours Press, 1930. FIRST EDITION of the author's first separately published work, EX LIBRIS DENNIS HEALEY. pp.[ii]; 4; [2], notes. Number 37 of 100 copies SIGNED by the author. Original russet-coloured printed card covers with wraparound paper band, announcing the young author as prize-winner of a contest sponsored..... More
The Hostage.
London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1958. [Modern Drama] FIRST EDITION of the play in book form. Octavo (18 x 12cm), pp.92. Publisher's black cloth lettered in gilt to spine, photographic dust-wrapper priced at 10/6. Top edge dusty, jacket with a few chips and tears, sunned to spine; very good... More
The Uneven Road.
London: John Murray, 1955. [Military history] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp.viii; 335; [1]. Publisher's yellow cloth, titles in dark brown to spine, pictorial dust-jacket with printed price of 21s. net. Illustrated with two maps and six double sided photographic plates. Internally fine, light offsetting to endpapers and spotting..... More
The Balcony.
London: Cobden-Sanderson, 1934. [Literature] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.248. Publisher's red cloth, titles in gilt to spine, dust-jacket designed by John Nash. Generally internally clean and bright apart from a small stain affecting four leaves towards the rear of the book. Edges toned, a little dusty to top..... More
Beyond the Fringe.
London: Souvenir Press, 1963. [Humour] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (20 x 13cm), pp.96. Publisher's dark blue cloth, orange titles to spine, photographic dust-jacket with printed price of 13s. 6d. With six double sided black and white photographic plates. Light spotting to edges. Wrapper slightly edge worn, some marking to rear panel..... More
Across The Stream.
London: John Murray, 1919. First Edition. Octavo. pp.314. Bound in publisher's green cloth, with titles in black to front board and spine. Binding is rubbed and bumped to corners and spine ends, with a slight lean, and a little spotting to front edge of text block. Internally clean and free..... More
The Decoy.
London: William Collins Ltd., 1927. [Crime Fiction] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[ii]; 251; [1], imprint. Publisher's burgundy cloth in illustrated jacket. Some trivial dustiness handling and toning but essentially a fine copy in jacket. A bank robbery intrigue, from an author better known for his strange tales and..... More
Peckover.
London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1934. [Modern Literature]. FIRST EDITION. Octavo (19 x 14cm), pp.[xii]; 297; [1], blank; [10], advertisements. Publisher's navy blue cloth in striking pictorial jacket by Fraser, showing the confused Gilbert Peckford's haunting and bloodshot reflection. A clean copy of the book, bright wrapper with a few chips..... More
The Holy Bible. A Critical Commentary and Paraphrase on the Old and New Testament and the Apocrypha.
London: Richard Priestley, 1822. FINELY BOUND. Quarto (32 x 26 x 28cm). Bound in contemporary diced tan calf, gilt titles on black calf squares to spine, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. Frontispiece engraving of Bishop Patrick to volume I, folding map of the Holy Lands in volume V. Bookplate of..... More
In the Midst of Life. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1982. FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp.vi; 244; 32 [advertisements]. Bound in publisher's blue cloth, with ornate gilt border to head of upper and spine. Black border to lower portion of upper and spine. Titles in gilt to spine. Publisher's emblem stamped in black to rear board. Edges..... More
Sheen and Shade: Lyrical Poems.
London: Hall and Virtue, 1861. VERY SCARCE collection of Lancashire poems. Octavo, pp.viii, 160. Bound in publisher's green textured cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and extra blind tooling to boards. Brown endpapers. Cloth in very good condition with some pale marks to boards. A little worn at endcaps, with..... More
The Blackbird's Nest. A Tale for Youth.
Philadelphia, PA: Johnson and Warner, 1812. [Children's Antiquarian]. EARLY EDITION. Vigesimo-quarto (13 x 9cm), pp.36. With occasional vignette wood engravings. Recently re-backed in matching grey card with original grey illustrated paper covers laid over. Remarkably crisp and clean, with some wear to original cover edges. Very good. A fine wholesome..... More
Abdalla the Moor and the Spanish Knight. A Romance of Mexico.
London: J Cunningham, 1839. UK first appearance. Octavo, pp.158. Extracted from The Novel Newspaper, no covers, with paper spine. Text clean and bright. More